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VOL. II NO. 298

New Drive For More Production

FORTHRIGHT GOVT.

DEMANDS

London, Sept. 17.--The Gov- ernment is to make forthright demands for an increased pro- duction

from the average worker, backed by the report of the planning experts that output could be raised by 10 per cent without changing the present working day, it was learned.

This increase-vital drive for increased output to avert an economic

in Britain's

The

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1947.

Lorry-Train Empire Customs

Simash:

10 Killed

Bridlington, Yorkshire, Sept. 17-Eight German prisonery of war and two British sergeant en- corts were killed early today when a lorry in which they were travelling, hit the lovel crossing gates at Burton Agnes station near

Just as a non- stop express train from Hult to Bridlington was passing,

spokesman of the

here

An army Northern Command said that "for some reason the driver was unable to stop and the lorry crashed through the gate just as the

passing express through."

WOR

lie injured began to shout for help. With the groans of these dying was like a war" he

added.

Ume bombing incident," catastrophic-could be attained in a wide range of indus- tries with a greater effert, maximum efficiency in equipment and closeT co-operation between Industry employees.

and

The Joint Production Councils, re- presentative of both sides in indus- to speed encouraged try, will be

productivity.

and

The aconomic information <ducation services, designed to bring home to the country Its plight, will

be used more extensively.

UP AGAINST IT

of Sir

The Manchester address Stafford Cripps, the President of the Board of Trade, painted to the kind of problem the Government, indus-

and labour must solve.

The son of the station-master sak: "It wa a terrible sight. There were Injured and dead lying about the permanent way for 70 yards. Some of them were badly injured but were not unconscious. I saw one German

taken off."---- with both legs Reuter,

GRANTENANCE SETUJE BOLESBEELDING

Fires Destroy French Crops

Union

Policy Stated

Experts To Decide

London, Sept. 17.-A British Common- wealth and Empire customs union has now been accepted as part of the British Govern- ment's trade policy, it was authoritatively learned in London tonight.

Dominion financial experts now in the capital examining with British Treasury officials the general dollar situation have had the scope of their conversa- tions broadened by the inclusion of the subject of a Commonwealth customs union.

in

easy, because of the differences of industrial development in the various Commonwealth countries.

Declaring that good progress had been made with a world trade char- ter to be presented to

the Interna-

De Valera To Talk With Attlee

Mr

the

Dino

At the

For

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Britain Faces Critical Atomic Bomb Decision

London, Sept. 17. Forty-two-year-old Pro- fessor N. F. Mott, one of Britain's most brilliant atomic scientists, declared today that England could never hope to defeat Russia by herself in an atomic war and declared that his scientific colleagues and the British public would soon have to start making the decision whether to align Britain with America against Russia or to put faith in an international · authority along the lines suggested in the Lilienthal report.

Ho

of

urge the manu- bombs

rather

than

He said the bomb argument was this:

1, Britain taliation against any might use them against her.

rc-

that

the

could threatch

power

Prof Mott, President of the Atomiring the Channel ports and equipped Scientists Association, also asserted with atomic bombs. Fifty of these that a decision would soon have to missiles launched with V-2 weapons In the present state of development be made on whether to use Britain's slowly growing pile of plutonlum for could kill a quarter of the population bombs or for the production of of London and make the city unin-

habitable." London, September 17-The Primo nower. He said atomic piles could Minister of Elre, Mr Eamon de not be used for both.

Regarding the decision of what to British Valors, and his Finance, Minister,

Writing

with plutonium, when the In

Association's do Sean Lemess, will arrive in

Molt de production builds up a large stock- These officials will examine detall the implications of a customs

Loud:n on Friday for trade talks monthly magazine, Prof with the Prime Minister, Mr Cicelared frankly that there appeared pile, Prof Mott said he was sure the

little chance of obtaining Inter-military would unlon, which will involve a system

ministers. of preferential tariffs and will after-

ment Attlee, and other

The talks were described by officiational control of atomic energy in facture wards report to their respective

quarters as likely to be, of a purely the "near future because of frie- pencetline development, governments, it was added.

on Mr M. Sundaresan, Governor of tional Trade Conference in Havana trade character but the question of tion between the United States and

convertibility of sterling and Britain on one hand and Russia

the other. the Central Bank of India and lead-this autumn, Sir Stafford said that

sald er of the Indian delegation to the the conception of "truly the vital aspect of the dollar crisis, i

at the moment it was the Inter-

of which affects both countries, may futile to advocate the setting up of trade" was not possible annual meeting second

also be discussed. national It was anid that in one factory, the

one authority to control the activi- International the inconvertibility of currencies. Bank and Monetary

Fund, tot

Lonight Reuter rearrangement of labour and ma-

It is important to set our policies Mr do Valern has not visited ties of Russia and the United States an increased chinery proved that

that

though

79 premature to for the future in the right direction London in on official capacity since in atomic energy or anything else. about the

But, he added, if the concept of say anything you

trade", he continued, before the war. His projected visit production of 87 per cent could be

to free world possible

a time when

many Com-control were left out of the Lilien- achieved with the existing labour

Parks, Sept. 17.-Local nu-formation by Dominion countries of "but we must be reailsis in acceptat force. Aut as part of the rearrange-

customs union, the subject would ing the inevitable consequences of monwealt representatives are In that scheme, there remained the idea ment, the number of men in special thorities all over France were

London for

s. The bombs would be effective for discussion within the the present facts."

the meeting which of an international body of scientists come occupation had to be reduced from today considering an appeal to next eight or ten days.

Sir Stafford Cripps sald that he ended today of the International | charged with the development of weapons against any attempt at a and proposals for seaborne Invasion involving the use 10 to five.

"We have met and had talks with hoped "our American friends will Monetary Fund and World Bank, atomic energy The fact that five men became re- the Government to investigate.

of harbours. he said, "but not press us to go further in the may provide an opportunity for inspection, Wed un the wave of fires spreading Treasury officials," dundant-although there

or reduction of pre- useful exchanges of view on Com-

INSPECTION ISSUE ferences than the expenditure so far." neute overall shortage of labour throughout the land, destroy- these have centred mainly on dollar elimination

facts and monwealth topics of mutual inter- the industry-lea

When the Dominion Prime Minis-psychology mako, possible for us at est to Elre and her sister nations in Prof Tott said the Soviet stateschen down of the whole scheme by the ing crops, and forests.

ters come to London. In November this time"-Reuter.

the Commonwealth-Reuter."

had not bren uniformly hostile, "al- operatives so that the nation is hat.

Five

outbreaks yesterday they will then be in a position to

though we can be sure that they much the poorer in its crisis", Sir

brought the total to forty in less decide upon whether in the light of

would not admit inspectors without Stafford Cripps id.

than month, Farmers believo

very Tent inducements." they are the work of people Infurist-reports from their experts the estab- lishment of a customs union will be

"It cannot be denied that admis- ed by the reports that the farmers in the interest not only of their own

sion of feed wheat to pigs while the Gov-countries but of the Commonwealth ernment puts minize inte bread.

as a whole.

tu Ite

turning

"We are absolutely up against and we have just go to lina the way out and quickly",

use of the The arive for a better present working hours is apart from the other discussions designed secure longer hours and split shifts in nuny-rīdustries-itenter.

PILOT'S FATAL VICTORY ROLL

Bournemouth, Hampshire,

Sept.

FORESTS RUINED

new

Most of the fires have been in Northern France, where the Lille aren had 36 in two weeks.

At Sennrt, south of Paris, about 273 hectares of forest were destroy- ed; while at Le Mans about 800 hectares of forest land was destroy- |ed.

17. During a "Battle of Britain" nir

Near Nancy, crops estimated in display here to-day, a Canadian value at 10,000,000 francs were pilot alunting at the

of request

Arrancy sur Crusnes was hall des- spectators on the seafront was killed burned when the farming village of

toyed by fire.

As things stand at the moment, the proposals for a customs union

will be on the agenda of the meet- ing of Prime Ministers in London.- Reuter.

Sing Tao Lose 3-1 To Bromley

London, Sept. 17.-The Sing Tao were beaten by Bromley by three goals to one in a soccer match here tonight.

At half.time the teams_were_level, each having scored once.

forward,

On the question of inspection,

2. They would strengthen hand of the Foreign Secretary in international affairs.

het

3. If Britain did not have them, she would have to renounce position as a great power.

ARGUMENT AGAINST. Prof Mott then unrolled the argu- only ment against the bomb:, "The

we could countries against whoms

ut either use Dr threaten the use atomic bombs in the

foreseeable future are the USSH or possibly

reasons

the mice inspectors would decrease

strength of the USSR.resurgent Germany...now it is en- tirely unrealistic to suppose Wid can Under present conditions, little is even consider atomic warfare with known of their new centres of heavy Russia with any chance of success industry beyond the Urals or the without full American support; even state of their atomic

research on the doubtful assumption that we were nationals of would have

of greater a

supply Inspectors who

would

obtain such bombs, We are infinitely more foreign powers CRIPPS CAUTIOUS

knowledge, which would be of vulnerable. The Russians could do Edinburgh, Sept. 17.-The sugges

doubted value to the Chiefs of Staff us more harm with ten bombs tion of the Foreign Secretary, Mr

of the foreign pawers concerned." we could do them with a hundred "But if we have an alliance with Prof Molt suggested this scheme: Ernest Bevin, for n Commonwealth customs union might have many ad

"Let us suppose that there were America, it is obviously preferable hat bomb "but its accomplishment is vantages,

established in various countries, in- for military fraught with

Sing The opened the scoring after tingham Forest, too, turned with dificulties," declared

bo concentrater thecluding these two (the Unlied States production should bo Sir Stafford Cripps, the President of ten minutes' play, a free kick just corner, the return of Brown, their und Hussia), laboratories for re- in their less vulnerable continent, international outside the penalty area belog taken England the Board of Trade, here tonight. dived his Spitfire straight

which outstanding scientists from the just ended. This is almost certain Explaining Scotland's part in his by their right half, who hit the coincided with their first winter search on atomic energy, in each of just as it was in the war which has view of tho - American Western and Eastern powers would to be the He was executing a "victory roll" Stocks of cont and wood valund "ane-third more for export" plan to crossbar with a terrife shot, the ball alx reverses.

The results of tonight's

Let us suppose themselves." games be invited to work. for a boy who was in the Royal Air at several million francs were des- beat the dollar famine crisis, Sir rebounding to the inside right, Fung Force' radio van.

troyed by fire at Beauvais, In Nor- Stafford Cripps said that the customs Kin-cheong, who placed it well clear were:

of the goal-keeper into the net. pilot, Flight-Lieutenant thern France, while a forest fire at plan was now being "explored."

Empire Obviously referring to Green

of Vancouver, had already Rouen was still hurning today, al-

The Chinese club were playing Everton done one roll when thousands heard though remon were hopeful of preferences, he added: "But In the

their ground Grimsby completely fast, clever football, meantime, we cannot him

sorry getting it under control with the aid

of water from an adjacent marsh. alter our special economic relation work and passing, considering the Manchester sonny, it was not a very good one". He then decided to do another and

The police at Lille have arrested ship with the rest of the Commen-hard pitch and light ball, being de Empire, which might, lightful to watch, but after a fur- wealth and crashed.

In itself, prove to be a step us thether 15 minutes play Bromley drew

level through Brown. An hour afterwards nothing had a man named Fernand Fallly and

direction of a closer customs union." been recovered of the plane except charged him with setting fire to a in Fresney, where forty and another farm

An Empire customs union was not oxygen cylinder

of wheat were small part. A beach le guard whe thousand sncks

spot had destroyed. was in a boat near the

Recently, an Incendiarist in a dived in immediately but could not

tle village near Amiens had to he see the plane.

when he into the sca.

Fu

The

the mdio say over

Green was due to leave the R.A.F. rescued by the police when he was Khorlay and return to Canada.attacked by irate peasants after he

had set fire to a bomeuter. Reuter.

EDITORIAL

HO

future com.ing

No Enlightenment

[OPED-FOR enlightenment on Hongkong's the subject of

airfield was not forth- nt yesterday' press with Lord Nathan, Aviation. Clvu

the Minister

for

'to

conference Minister On the contrary, went,

out at hin disclaim any responsibility in this matter, Insisting that he could only act in a consultative capacity and that by invitation. This is a strange state of affairs, especial. ly in the light of Lord Nathan's un the emphasis painstaking

British

powers he tells sposilj

civil aviation, and the

hts

of

alicles.

Top line of

of the passengers, adequate

policy is which surely Ianding for aircraft, One would have ex- alone to make the pected this Minister for Civil Aviation the decisive Authority fri question

the of airfield construction within the Empire where Belilah aircraft fly. Lord Nathan's suggestion that a new airport for Hongkong is a matter for the local government By anfortunately, no longer the CARE. It as been taken out of our hands by the Air Ministry, and bears all tha appearance of hay.. ing been pigeon-boled. We whole.. heartedly support Lord 'Nathan's ·

A

policy for making safety more important than speed, and it is for this very reason that we urge start be quickly mado, on the construction of a new and safe aerodrome in Hongkong. Kai Tak to be unsafe for four- is known to engined planes taking off, and. until a more up-to-date airfield is available here all civil air fines will hesitate to place big land planes on their services to Hong- kong. Lord Nathan at least ave this encouraging sign: during-his short visit he used every opport. unity of studying local flying con- . ditions and potential sites for a now and improved airfield. Very fairly he claims that he will re Lurn to England with a pretty cicar and full plcture of Hong- kong,

fccl sure the Minister must have been impressed with the miserable airport facilites which now exist and is filled with the

problem urgency of the The finest service he could do for Ilangkong would

We

All

be to

to use hla powerful influence to bring about a rapla decision by the re. sporvible authorsiles, Without a properly silunted modern airfeld Hongkong cannot share 'In the continuous development of civil aviation. nor can it justify its position on the Far East trunk route.

Cabinet Changes Imminent

First Division

Charlton

Liverpool

Astori Villa

3

Portsmouth Preston N. E. Sunderland

Huddersfield

3 Derby County

6 Shenfeld U.

Stoke City

2 Chelsea

Second Division

Fulham Luton Town

Notts Forest

In the second half the Chinese Newcastio players started as if they were going Plymouth to overwhelm Bromley, their wingers | Southampton being particularly clever, but all thei Third forwards required far too much the Aldershot for their final shot.

However, after this they faded and Bromley went ahead with goals by Fuller and coper.

To summarise, the Chinese were

Bournemouth Brighton

Dritet City Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town

Heading

⚫ Barnsley

1

*

Zelcester

numingham

Brentford

Leeds United 2 Cardi City Division. Southern

Torquay Untied

1 Northampton

4 Newport"

1 Swindon Town

Leyton Ortont

Bristol Rovers

Third Division Northern

London, Sept. 17.-Whitehall sour- ces with

to 10 Downing access Street predicted today that large-nearly always beaten in the air, but, Bradford City scale reorganisation of the British were masters at holding the ball. The Crewe de Alex

play was reduced to 40 minutes each || Wrexham Cabinet was imminent.

way, but they obviously finished a Glasgow Cup, semi-final replay They indicated that the

tired team-Beuler. would be two-fold:

purpose

To centralise authority needed for

direction of the new "export or die"

programme

Eliminate miner Ministers whore political errors or incficiency have proved 'n bandicap to the Govern

Rent.

To accomplish the first purpose, they said, delegation of wider au

to thority"

Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade. was

PRESTON JOINT

LEADERS

Nangers

Bradford

Midland

Counties Cross Keys London, Sept. 17-Unbeaten since. Falmith the opening day of the season, with Notis six wins and a draw to their credit, winners Preston North End, 2-1

luckless Stoke City tonight. over join Arsenal as leaders of the First expected.

table. speculation concerning Division elimination of individual Ministers The London club take pride in official quarters. American cor- place on the goal average.

The supplanting of Queen's Park respondents were informed that the

Therd was

..

of

Prime Minister, Mr Attier, was de Tlanger by Bournemouth at the voting a large amount of his own head of the Third Division Southern time to reorganisation and that so table was another feature at the far he had not consulted advisers.

Jast

solution that Britain, when her pro-

also that the governments concerned Prof Mott suggested as another would undertake to give represents- to tives of these laboratories access their mines and plants sumcient to feel for atomic energy ceased to be ensure that no unreasonable stock-secret, could carry on her peacetime research In collaboration with the plies of fissionable material were

countries being made.

of Western Europe and "Indeed, any country that was will-

to work in the open," "We could let it be known that stockpile мега making

huvo

ing

no

"In this way, America, and for that matter Russia, could access to information that would WC show them that no preparation for of bombs with which to attack any- sudden attack was being made. The one we could give the Russians and resulting lessening of suspicion could

the opportunity be very great.

citizens of this country

the degree

everyone else

In fact,

"The of security obtained would not be come and see that this was so.

than much less

the full- under

to

right one; Aedged Lilienthal plan, even armed may well have to decide which of with abolition of the veta, for in these policies is the

peaceful and open development at

no case is there anything to prevent whether the morel lead which the

បាន derint power dissatisfied with the Peace

atic energy would give outweigh of the Security Council from

confession of tho disregarding its orders and seizing weak

millary

decided

scientific grounds alone."

as exist on its territory weakness which It entells. Such such plants

matter cannot bo and starting to make bombs."

0

2 Exeter City

0

0 Walsall

д

1 Nowrich City

1 Harrow...

1

Chester

2 Blockpart

Rugby League Rugby Union

3 Queen's Park tafter extra time)

14

Wigan

Austrailene Nowboat Bwana

Northampton

Reuter,

+on+

Prof Mott's essay was distributed Prof Mott said the only importance today to pil atomie scientists and

0

APPALLING PROSPECT

1:

and alliance between Britain

and will serve as a basis for discussion

America would have for Britan at their Oxford conference on Sep-

te would be a deterrent effect great tember 20.-United Press.

22

enough to prevent wor-to establish

a Pax Americana,

"In

an alliance

with Amerlen,

nothing that country could do would save us if war, should break out against a power capable of occupy-

Hurricane Makes 10,000

People Homeless

New Destroyer

London, Sept. 17. The now dei; troyer HMS Scorpion, at present to-bo com- undergoing trials, is missioned on September 24; the Ad- miralty announce today.

New developments in warship con- atruellon.are embodied in the vessel, which was built and engined by Messre-JS-White and Co., of Cowes, Isle of Wight.

The Scorpion is armed with four Miami, Florida, September bombers, sending several B-20's to

4-inen, guns, six smaller guns and refugees fields in the mid-West,

between two All

tubes. Her communications matches attracted nearly half a

will be approximately. who warned against "giving serious million people.

Const-guard officials today to shortly after 2 pm (GMT) today 290 officers and men,

The previous destroyer

to bear The Second Division match be- have fled from lower Florida's an telegraph and telephone. Ines consideration" to reports that Lord:

Trees, light poles this name was handed over to the Birmingham Lake Oneechobee area, throat- crashed down. Mountbatten would be offered a Catween Newcastle and

drew 55,000 binet portfolio-United Press.

people the highest ened by ocean flooding as 120- and temporary structures buckled Royal Netherlands Navy shortly after gate.

Thun Sunderland had one of the over mile per hour winds mauled the beneath the onslaught of the winds, the war-Reuter.

reaching a gust speed, of more Homicide Charges 30,000 crowds, : who saw Tomray cast coast in the worst hurri- a hundred.

hour at arm) 2 miles an: itself.

Bell intest Havana, Sept., 18-The Army Lawton, England centre forward on cane in 19 years.

The

reports said that ine transfer list, take his only Press Bureau announced on Wednesthe

Hundreds of thousands of residents barometer was still falling, and the day that five policemen have been chance and win the game for Chel-

wer reported: driven into public full force of the hundred mile wide Famagusta, Cyprus, Sept.- Ish charged with homicida na Uig result sea by the odd goal of five.

While Stolte City lost their sixth shellers by the roaring fury of the tropical storm, moving upward from group of 198 legal Jowish immi- of a two-hour gun battle on Monday in which five persons were killed game running, Barnsley after five storm, while on the State's west the Caribbean, was not expected to grants left here for Paketine today area unui about and part of the. August "quota“ per- and 14 were wounded-Associated defeats, regained the winning match coust, army authorities at MacDill strike the Miami

Imitted to enter the country-Reuter, with a late goal at Fulham. Not- Field hurriedly evacuated heayy:16 pm (GMT) Reutor.

spends hours brooding over its big mid-week programme on | 17. - About 10,000 alone in his study," said one soure the autumn, in which the 24 League wero, reported by. United States | Miami and... 'outside - arcas Intled compedo

Press

Jows Leave Cyprus